Awards news

First Amendment Clinic Executive Director Gregg Leslie has received the Freedom of Information Award from the Arizona Newspapers Association.

First Amendment Clinic Executive Director Gregg Leslie receives Freedom of Information Award

Gregg Leslie has received the Freedom of Information Award from the Arizona Newspapers Association for his advocacy for First Amendment freedoms.

NBC NEWS’ TODAY weatherman, anchor Al Roker has been chosen as the recipient of the 38th annual Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.

NBC NEWS’ TODAY weatherman, anchor Al Roker to receive 2021 Cronkite Award

Al Roker has been chosen as the recipient of the 38th annual Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism

Paul B. Anderson, the principal & CEO of Workhouse Media of Seattle, Washington, has established The Shaufler Prize in Journalism, named after his late friend Ed Shaufler.

Deadline extended for Shaufler Prize for coverage of underserved communities

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University is now accepting entries for the 2020-2021 Shaufler Prize in Journalism.

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ASU students receive top honors in National Native Media Awards

ASU students received more first-place prizes than any other student publication in the country. 

Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards

Arizona PBS, Cronkite School nominated for 36 Rocky Mountain Emmy and Student Production Awards

Arizona PBS and the Cronkite School swept up a total of 36 Emmy and Student Production Award nominations.

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First-year Cronkite student wins Hawaii Student Journalist of the Year award

Savannah Rose Dagupion was honored as Hawaii’s 2021 Student Journalist of the Year after coaxing some of her fellow classmates to help her revive the journalism program at Kamehameha Schools, Maui.

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Harkavy Scholarship honors memory of former alt-weekly journalist

The Harkavy Scholarship for Investigative Reporting was established at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2020 to honor the memory of Valley reporter Ward Harkavy.